02 September 2010

Challenging myself

If you know me, you know that I am a sock knitting traditionalist—one sock at a time on short DPNs. I will very rarely knit a sock on 2 circular needles, but I do not enjoy the process very much. I just cast on a mystery sock pattern; the designer publishes 4 clues during a month, and I try to keep up. In the past, I have knit mystery socks in tandem on DPNs with limited success (I think I've finished 2 pairs of mystery socks in the past two years of attempts). Since most of my size 1 DPNs are already in socks, and the circs were free, I decided to challenge myself and knit this mystery 2 at a time on 2 circs. Check back next week to see if I have strangled myself with a size 1 Addi Turbo.

Comments

Good on you! I found I do better with 24" circs vs. the 16", as I was straining too hard trying to wrassle the shorter length into submission. 24" hang a bit, but it's way easier on my wrists. And I notice I'm actually FINISHING socks now instead of them languishing, so apparently I found my sock knitting groove with 2 circs.

Uh, that wasn't where I was going to have that comment go, but there you have it. I can't wait to see how your project goes!